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cattee

cattee is the obsolete form of catty.

Meaning of catty

Noun (1)

catty (plural catties or cattys)

  1. (informal) A (unit of) weight used in China which is metricated in Mainland China as exactly 0.5 kg, and approximately 0.6 kg for other places.
    • 16 Mess, make a Tale, which here is 20 s. English, 5 Tale make a Bancal, a weight so called, and 20 Bancal make a Catty, another weight.1699, Captain William Dampier, A new voyage round the world, Volume 1

Noun (2)

catty (plural catties)

  1. (informal, slang) A catapult.
    • “Give me your slingshot, and I'll let you have it back after school this afternoon,” she said firmly. […] I stuck the 'catty' into my back pocket and ran outside to meet the others.2009, Sheldon Arensen, The Carjackers, page 43

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Forms of cattee

pluralcattees

Questions about cattee

What is cattee the obsolete form of?
Cattee is the obsolete form of catty.

Words near cattee in the dictionary

  1. Cattaraugus County
  2. Cattawade
  3. catte
  4. catted
  5. catted around
  6. cattee
  7. cattees
  8. Cattegat
  9. cattel
  10. cattell
  11. Cattellian

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